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As interest rates held steady at historic lows throughout the pandemic, lenders in 2021 saw a second straight year of mortgage volumes at or near record levels.
Massachusetts saw $149.9 billion in residential lending, including refinances, in 2021, a 13 percent increase over 2020 and up 71 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
The Warren Group annually compiles the top 10 mortgage lenders among Massachusetts’ credit unions, banks and mortgage companies, ranked by number of loans and loan volume in several origination categories. All loans were originated in 2021.
